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The US employers are increasingly willing to hire across regions and industries, unlike in two-thirds of the countries surveyed by temporary-staffing company Manpower Inc.

Tokyo has emerged as the most costly city for expatriates with the rise of yen against the dollar scaling up the cost of living for staff and firms paid in other currencies, pushing Angolan capital Luanda to the second spot, closely followed by Japan's Osaka, Moscow and Geneva.

Eyeing tech start-up companies and potential entrepreneurs in the UK, tech-loving Silicon Valley Bank of the US Monday opened its first branch in Britain to offer cash and services to IT companies.

BEIJING China's foreign trade condition continues to be "grim" and the country will put more emphasis on expanding import, said a minister, as a more positive picture emerged of the nation's economy.

Global investment in renewable energy and fuels rose 17 per cent last year to reach a record $257 billion despite the economic woes besetting major economies, according to the latest United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report released Monday.

NEW YORK Luxury Belgian chocolate maker Godiva is banking on the growing Chinese market for chocolates and plans to double its boutique network in China.

China will initiate far-reaching tax reforms in nearly a dozen provinces and cities this year.

Google must come up with answers over allegations that it uses its dominance in web searches to promote its own products by early next month or face regulatory intervention, the European Commission has warned.

Car giant Ford has left hundreds of workers gobsmacked by banning St. George's flags at work, ahead of the country's first match against France in Donetsk, Ukraine, tomorrow.